As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on July 31, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
Clarivate Plc
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Jersey, Channel Islands |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
70 St. Mary Axe
London EC3A 8BE
United Kingdom
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Clarivate Plc Amended and Restated 2019 Incentive
Award Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Clarivate Analytics (US) LLC
1500 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Attention: Legal Department
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(215) 386-0100
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of
Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Kyoko Takahashi Lin, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(212) 450-4000
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and
“emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer |
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Accelerated filer |
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Non-accelerated filer |
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Smaller reporting company |
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Emerging growth company |
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an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Pursuant to General
Instruction E of Form S-8, Clarivate Plc (the “Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register 25,000,000 of the
Registrant’s ordinary shares under the Clarivate Plc Amended and Restated 2019 Incentive Award Plan, as amended and restated
(the “Plan”), as approved by the shareholders of the Registrant on May 7, 2025. This Registration Statement
hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant’s registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the
Commission on May 13,
2019 (Registration No. 333-231405) and March 12,
2024 (Registration No. 333-277865). In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as
promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration
Statement.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed
by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated herein by reference:
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the Registrant’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 19, 2025; |
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all other reports filed
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's Annual
Report referred to in (a) above; and |
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the description of the
Registrant’s ordinary shares contained in Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 19, 2025, including any amendments or reports filed for
the purpose of updating such description. |
All documents filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing such documents, except as to specific sections of such documents as set forth therein. Unless expressly
incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished on Form 8-K prior or subsequent to the filing of this Registration
Statement shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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Incorporated by Reference | |
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Exhibit | |
Filing Date | |
Filed Herewith |
4.1 | |
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant | |
8-K | |
001-38911 | |
3.1 | |
May 12, 2021 | |
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5.1 | |
Opinion of Ogier | |
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X |
23.1 | |
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | |
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23.2 | |
Consent of Ogier (contained in Exhibit 5.1) | |
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X |
24.1 | |
Power of Attorney (see signature page) | |
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99.1 | |
Clarivate Plc Amended and Restated 2019 Incentive Award Plan | |
10-Q | |
001-38911 | |
10.1 | |
July 30, 2025 | |
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107 | |
Filing Fee Table | |
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X |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of London, United Kingdom, on this 31st day of July, 2025.
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Clarivate Plc |
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Date: |
July 31, 2025 |
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/s/ Jonathan M. Collins |
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Jonathan M. Collins |
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Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Clarivate Plc, has signed this Registration
Statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 31st day of July, 2025.
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CLARIVATE ANALYTICS (US) LLC |
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/s/ John Doulamis |
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John Doulamis |
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE
PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of Registrant do hereby constitute and appoint Matitiahu Shem Tov, Jonathan
Collins, and John Doulamis, and each of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all
acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary
or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations
or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers
and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective,
and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this
Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys
and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Matitiahu Shem Tov |
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Chief Executive Officer and Director |
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July 31, 2025 |
Matitiahu Shem Tov |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Jonathan M. Collins |
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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July 31, 2025 |
Jonathan Collins |
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(Principal Financial Officer) |
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/s/ Michael Easton |
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Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer |
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July 31, 2025 |
Michael Easton |
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(Principal Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ Andrew M. Snyder |
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Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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July 31, 2025 |
Andrew M. Snyder |
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/s/ Valeria Alberola |
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Director |
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July 31, 2025 |
Valeria Alberola |
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/s/ Jane Okun Bomba |
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Director |
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July 31, 2025 |
Jane Okun Bomba |
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/s/ Kenneth Cornick |
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Director |
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July 31, 2025 |
Kenneth Cornick |
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/s/ Usama N. Cortas |
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Director |
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July 31, 2025 |
Usama N. Cortas |
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/s/ Suzanne Heywood |
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Director |
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July 31, 2025 |
Suzanne Heywood |
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/s/ Adam T. Levyn |
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Director |
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July 31, 2025 |
Adam T. Levyn |
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/s/ Anthony Munk |
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Director |
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July 31, 2025 |
Anthony Munk |
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/s/ Dr. Wendell E. Pritchett |
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Director |
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July 31, 2025 |
Dr. Wendell E. Pritchett |
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/s/ Saurabh Saha |
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Director |
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July 31, 2025 |
Saurabh Saha |
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